MAKE YOUR HEAVENLY FAMILY PROTECTORS OF YOUR SOULS

34. Make your heavenly family

protectors of your souls.

(Sermon for the celebration of Saint Markella and Saint Maria Magdalene)

Introduction

Saint Markella of Chios celebrates today!  Today Saint Isidoros, patron of your village, celebrates as well since Saint Markella is his sister.  Both, as you know, come from Chios.  
 The saints are like us. 

-When our friend or relative celebrates, don’t we celebrate too?

-Yes.

-When a friend, relative or fellow villager happens to be celebrating, don’t we go to greet him?

-Yes.  We celebrate all together.

The same occurs in heaven.  In heaven, all the saints are one family.  Each one loves the other.  It is not like here on earth where one person may hate the other.  In heaven they are all one family. 

HAS JESUS REALLY RISEN IN OUR HEARTS?

21. HAS JESUS REALLY RISEN IN OUR HEARTS?
 

«Very few people felt My Pain and accepted Μy Resurrection…»

"Christ is risen!"

"Truly, He is Risen"

Many times, Jesus says, I tell my children that I have risen from the dead, but nobody answers me. They do not answer me! They do not believe in My Resurrection!

During Holy Week, they saw me suffering on   the Cross, but very few people felt compassion with My Mother. There were very few who suffered with Me. There were very few who felt My pain as their pain and My sorrow as their sorrow.

However, in the Resurrection Liturgy many came with their candles to say «Christ is risen» and then left the church. I had been waiting there for their soul to light their candle with My light, the light that never ends, but they left…They did not wait to attend the Divine Liturgy. They glorified Me only by half. They started to sing a prayer of love to Me, but then suddenly stopped. You see, they have become accustomed to the influence of Satan, who does not let them think reasonably.